One of the best first-person shooters ever created, Half-Life 1 has a thriving fan base almost 25 years after the game’s debut. The original Half-Life has been remade as an isometric twin-stick shooter by a developer going by the handle PinkyDev, and the creator claims that Valve has given its consent for the fan-game to be posted on Steam.

The idea of the game is that G-Man has imprisoned series hero Gordon Freeman in an endless loop of tasks to test his mettle. The game was originally titled Half-Life Loop, but it has now been renamed Codename Loop to avoid confusion. PinkyDev claims that although the original plan was to create a Half-Life roguelike, they are now concentrating on developing linear missions for the mod.

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On Moddb, a demo for the mod is currently accessible. It includes a sizable section of the original game’s Questionable Ethics level. In addition, every monster and weapon from the original Half-Life are included, with the exception of several bosses. In order to test out the mod, mappers are encouraged to develop their own levels, and the mod also supports custom maps and campaigns.

Half-Life’s modding community is genuinely amazing; gamers recreated the original game’s environments using ray tracing.